diff --git a/dts/bindings/base/zephyr,memory-attr.yaml b/dts/bindings/base/zephyr,memory-common.yaml
similarity index 67%
rename from dts/bindings/base/zephyr,memory-attr.yaml
rename to dts/bindings/base/zephyr,memory-common.yaml
index 1a5611b5258..f2ccbdb3c41 100644
--- a/dts/bindings/base/zephyr,memory-attr.yaml
+++ b/dts/bindings/base/zephyr,memory-common.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
 include: [base.yaml]
 
 properties:
+  zephyr,memory-region:
+    type: string
+    description: |
+      Signify that this node should result in a dedicated linker script
+      memory region in the final executable. The region address and size
+      is taken from the <reg> property, while the name is the value of
+      this property.
+
   zephyr,memory-region-mpu:
     type: string
     deprecated: true
diff --git a/dts/bindings/base/zephyr,memory-region.yaml b/dts/bindings/base/zephyr,memory-region.yaml
index 60308af7173..1d9486de8b3 100644
--- a/dts/bindings/base/zephyr,memory-region.yaml
+++ b/dts/bindings/base/zephyr,memory-region.yaml
@@ -5,14 +5,8 @@ description: Compatible for devices resulting in linker memory regions
 
 compatible: "zephyr,memory-region"
 
-include: [base.yaml, "zephyr,memory-attr.yaml"]
+include: [base.yaml, "zephyr,memory-common.yaml"]
 
 properties:
   zephyr,memory-region:
-    type: string
     required: true
-    description: |
-      Signify that this node should result in a dedicated linker script
-      memory region in the final executable. The region address and size
-      is taken from the <reg> property, while the name is the value of
-      this property.
diff --git a/dts/bindings/test/vnd,memory-attr.yaml b/dts/bindings/test/vnd,memory-attr.yaml
index 0303d255c54..8696279859d 100644
--- a/dts/bindings/test/vnd,memory-attr.yaml
+++ b/dts/bindings/test/vnd,memory-attr.yaml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ description: Test memory and memory attributes
 
 compatible: "vnd,memory-attr"
 
-include: [base.yaml, "zephyr,memory-attr.yaml"]
+include: [base.yaml, "zephyr,memory-common.yaml"]